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Texas’ splashiest celebrity mansion — with the state’s, and possibly the country’s, largest private residential water park — is back on the market for $16.5 million, The Post can reveal. Since 2009, this 53-acre estate located in the San Antonio suburb of Boerne has served as the US address of French-American NBA star Tony Parker. Now, the retired San Antonio Spurs point guard and six-time NBA All-Star is ready to part with the 10-bedroom, 12-bathroom, 13,300-square-foot mansion he poured his personality into. “My vision was to build something where I can host my family and my friends, and create memories,” Parker told The Post. “I like to host and when my friends come from France, you know it’s a long flight, so I wanted a place where they can come for long stays.”
Tony Parker recently appeared on Kai Cenat's Twitch stream marathon for his collective 'Any Means Possible' (AMP) and spoke to his friends about Kobe Bryant while showing them his own house. "He started to trash-talk to me in French during the Playoffs. So he learned the language to trash-talk me in French. Because you know Kobe used to guard me, they put Kobe on me all the time. And he would start talking in French, I was like 'Wow!'." When one of Cenat's friends asked him what he said, Parker hesitated in revealing the details. "Nah! I'm not gonna say it, it's crazy stuff," said Parker. "He learned the language just to talk sh**?" said Cenat in shock. "It didn't work, but mad respect that he learned the language," concluded Parker.
Tony Parker has confirmed a rebuilding phase for ASVEL Villeurbanne. In a long interview with Le Progrès, the team president listed multiple departures: Neal Sako is heading to Valencia after using his EuroLeague out clause, while Théo Maledon has reportedly signed a “big contract” in Madrid. Paris Lee and Joffrey Lauvergne are considered too expensive to retain, and André Roberson, who Parker “would love to keep”, is unlikely to stay due to rising EuroLeague salaries and the influence of Dubai-based teams.
The two leagues have had a frosty relationship over the last year after the EuroLeague turned down the NBA’s offer to partner with EuroLeague to run a European basketball league. But the relationship seems to have thawed in recent months. Former San Antonio Spurs star Tony Parker, the owner of ASVEL, a French basketball club in the EuroLeague, has served as an intermediary between the two sides, and they have become more open to talks about their collective future.
NBA: Players this century with 25+ points in an NBA Finals game at age 22 or younger ⤵️ Kobe Bryant Tony Parker LeBron James Kawhi Leonard And now… Bennedict Mathurin It’s a postseason career-high for Mathurin, also becoming the youngest player since 1971 to score 25+ off the bench in a Finals game 🔥
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In their efforts to establish new leagues from scratch, the NBA and GBBL are effectively operating in parallel with a view to potentially launching in time for the 2026-27 season — though in an interview with The Guardian last week, Aivazoglou declined to commit to that timeframe. The summer of 2026 is the moment when EuroLeague’s current licence agreement with its 13 shareholder clubs expires, providing them with a window to opt out. Real Madrid and Barcelona are widely believed to be keeping their options open regarding a potential NBA defection, as is ASVEL Villeurbanne, the French club majority owned by San Antonio Spurs legend Tony Parker.
Danny Green: "Then Kawhi had the injury, Tony [Parker] said some things in the media, then Pop said some things. And from what I understand, Uncle Dennis was like, 'Nah, we’re not doing that.' Kawhi came back, played nine games, and then suddenly it was, 'You’ve got to talk to Kawhi’s people.' To them, that felt disrespectful. And then you had Tony saying stuff that they felt crossed the line. Next thing you know, the word was: 'He’s not putting on a San Antonio Spurs uniform again.'" "Again, I’ve never asked Kawhi directly what happened. Maybe one day we’ll chop it up after he’s done hooping. But I was fortunate enough to play with him in San Antonio and again in Toronto—we had a great year."
On Tuesday, two days after the end of the EuroLeague Final Four, a EuroLeague committee consisting per Eurohoops sources of ASVEL owner and French basketball icon Tony Parker, Maccabi owner Danny Federman, Fenerbahce GM Mauricio Gherardini, Milan GM Christos Stavropoulos and Bayern Munich consultant Marco Pesic will meet in Geneva with FIBA and the NBA, to discuss the future of European basketball competitions.
As usual, the EuroLeague Final Four will bring together a host of notable basketball figures, and this year’s edition in Abu Dhabi will be no exception. More than 20 distinguished guests are expected to attend, including several NBA legends and EuroLeague all-time greats. Basketball icons such as Tony Parker, Vlade Divac, Dino Radja, and Toni Kukoc will be present to witness the first-ever EuroLeague Final Four held outside of Europe.
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Rich Paul: But I say all that to say—it’s not on the players. Those guys can go out and score 30 and 40 and 50—they can do all that. But it’s going to—it’s a race of the front offices, right? Who’s going to make the proper moves to put the proper talent around for each one of those guys to be successful? You can say what you want about anybody. When it was the Detroit Pistons and they were winning back when Isaiah was playing—they drafted Dumars. They went and got Aguirre. They had got Rodman and Rick Mahorn. You know, like when it was the Lakers—they got Worthy and Magic and Kareem, you know, and winning Michael Cooper and Byron Scott. It’s—as much as you want to lean on how great an individual was and/or is—you also have to factor in the decision makers to help place the proper pieces around them that allows them to be great in those moments as well. And we get confused. Take Tim Duncan—attempt. No offense to any franchise—but he was drafted to the Spurs. David Robinson was already there. When they took Tony Parker, people didn’t know who Tony Parker was. When they took Manu in the second round, people looking around like, ‘What’s...?’ But again, Tim Duncan wasn’t making those picks or those decisions at all.
Stephen Curry becomes Top 10 scorer in playoffs history after passing Tony Parker
Jorge Sierra: Stephen Curry passed Tony Parker in playoff scoring and is now No. 10 in NBA history. He also moved ahead of Russell Westbrook for No. 20 in assists. Also: Kawhi Leonard passed Manu Ginobili is points for No. 26 all-time.
Every player since tracking to score or assist on 25+ straight team points in the postseason: LeBron James (5 times) Tracy McGrady (2 times) Kobe Bryant Tony Parker Jason Kidd Jimmy Butler Damian Lillard Donovan Mitchell Ja Morant Jose Calderon And now... Ty Jerome! (via AutomaticNBA)
Jorge Sierra: Only nine players have been to the playoffs more times than James Harden: Karl Malone, John Stockton, Tim Duncan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, LeBron James, Clifford Robinson, Tony Parker, Shaquille O'Neal, Jason Kidd
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